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Journal article reporting a study of 370 asbestos insulation workers followed from January 1963 to April 1967, with deaths compared against expected figures by cause and by smoking habits. The authors reported high rates of bronchogenic carcinoma and mesothelioma and concluded that asbestos exposure should be minimized and that asbestos workers should not smoke. Page 8 is not shown in the OCR. unreviewed
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- Author
- Irving J. Selikoff, MD (Department of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine); E. Cuyler Hammond, ScD (Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, American Cancer Society); Jacob Churg, MD
- Published by
- Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4574
- Date
- April 8, 1968
- Number
- Bates A17937 to A17941
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
Read the article
Irving J. Selikoff, MD, E. Cuyler Hammond, ScD, Jacob Churg, MD. "Asbestos Exposure, Smoking, and Neoplasia." JAMA, 1968.
People and organizations
From Irving J. Selikoff, MD (Department of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine); E. Cuyler Hammond, ScD (Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, American Cancer Society); Jacob Churg, MD.
- Jacob Churg (author)
- E. Cuyler Hammond (author)
- Irving J. Selikoff (author)
- Journal of the American Medical Association (its organization)
- American Cancer Society (named)
- Heat and Frost Insulators Local 32 (Newark, N.J.) (named)
- International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers (named)
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine (named)
- New York Local 12 (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Exposure in Insulators and Insulation Workers · Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated.
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This is document UC-4574 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 8 pages. Production numbers A17937 to A17941.
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Irving J. Selikoff, MD (Department of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine), E. Cuyler Hammond, ScD (Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, American Cancer Society), Jacob Churg, MD. “Selikoff, Hammond and Churg, 'Asbestos Exposure, Smoking, and Neoplasia,' JAMA.” April 8, 1968. Union Carbide documents, UC-4574, Bates A17937 to A17941. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-4574.
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